Based on the study of theatrical texts and the analysis of performances, this course proposes a reflection on the relationship between text and staging, based on a body of work chosen from the Paris theatre season which the students attend. The teaching is linked to the shows chosen and will be adapted to the health situation if necessary (work based on recordings or online creations).

This is a fundamental course in the chronological and synthetic history of music, covering developments in notation, genres and forms, writing, collective and individual styles, practices and functions in Western music, from Gregorian chant to the present day, and combining lectures, workshops, presentations and research.

At the crossroads between music training, chamber music, instrumental and orchestral classes, the sight-reading class gives instrumentalists the essential solfeggio, musical and instrumental reflexes they need when faced with a new score. Once they have grasped the musical theme, they are in a position to give their own interpretation. This apprenticeship also forms the basis of collective playing, through ensemble sight-reading, which requires attentive listening to one's partners. Whether individual or collective, the course emphasises the concepts that are essential to all instrumental playing: intonation, rhythmic precision, nuances, flexibility of tone and the ability to construct a coherent musical phrase from reading.